Egg-washer



M. J. CORCORAN.

EGG WASHER.

APPLICATION HLED OCT. 3-. 1917. RENEWED OCT. 22, 1919.

Patented May 11', 1920.

MARGARET J. CORCORAN, OF SGEANTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

EGG-WASHER.

Specification-of Letters-Patent.

Patented May 11,1920.

Application filed October 3, 1917, Serial No. 194,536. Renewed Gctober 22*, 1919. Serial K117332576.

To all whom 2'25 may concern: I

Be it known that I, MARGARET J. COR- CQRAN, a citizen of the United States, re'-' siding at Scranton, in the county of Lackawanna, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and'u'seful Improvements in Egg-Washers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,'such as will en able others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in washing machines and particularly to canbe quickly and easilyinserted or withdrawn and without damage to the eggs,

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing: I v Figure 1 is an elevation of anpgg-washing machine made in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view taken centrally through the device.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical transverse sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a portion of the chain and one end of the cleaning brush.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary perspective view of the egg supporting tray showing a number of eggs therein.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing 10 represents an elongated box or like receptacle which is preferably watertight and is adapted to contain the water for washing the eggs. Secured to the inner faces of the longer sides of the box, and extending longitudinally thereof, are the metal plates 11. On the outer face of each of these plates there is formed an endless toothed track" 12, and immediately below the'u'pper portion of the tr'ackis a guiding" rail or track 1'3,"the purpose ofwhich' will' presently appear. A"'transverse shaft 14 is disposed inthe' receptacle'andfhas its ends disposed betweenthe' toothed tracks and the guiding rails,the said ends of the shaft being arranged to slide on said rails. Car

ried by'each end "of the'shaft is'a' pinion15 which "arranged to "engage 'withfthe teeth of'the e'ndless' tracks, whereby the shaft rotates axially as it travels'around the toothed tracks. 4 The pinions are each 'mou'ntedadj acent bearing blocks 16, said "blocksreceiving the shaft ends therethrough and being secured toendless chains. Disposed transversely through the longer sides of the re ceptacle, and arranged concentrically with the curved end portions of the" tracks;'are the shafts 17 each having fixed thereon, adjacent the ends, the sprocket 'wheels-18. Engaged around these sprocket wheelsfiare the chains 19, abovementioned. One end of one of said shafts 17 extends outwardly of the side of the receptacle where it isprovided with a crank handle 20""which is grasped to rotate the shaft andtransmit similar movement to the other "shaft, and the driving of the chains. Thus" as the shafts 17 are turned the shaft 14 will be moved from one end of the receptacle to the other and back again, while at 'the same time shaft. 14 will be rotated. Fined on the shaft, intermediate the chains 19', is a rotatable brush 21.

Mounted transversely in the receptacle, and between the upper and lower portions of the toothed tracks, are the rods 22 to which are secured to the ends of a plurality of longitudinally extending parallel wire members 23. Each of these wire members is formed with a succession of waves 24., the waves of one wire being arranged in staggered relation to the waves of the wires on each side thereof. It will also be noted that the waves of the different wires are offset with relation to the adjacent wires. These filled with eggs, the handle is turned whereby the chains will move the brush around the tracks and rotate the same causing the brush to be submerged in the liquid where it contacts with the lower sides of the eggs, and again with the upper sides of the eggs. Thus the shells of the eggs can be quickly and effectively cleaned. After one set of eggs has been c eaned they are removed and another set placed in, the tray, and the above operation repeated. It will be noted that by reason "of th resiliency of the trays, any danger of excessive pressure of the brush on the eggs, with a tendency to break the shells, is completely avoided. In one end, near the bottom of the receptacle,there is disposed an outlet spout 27 in which is arranged a plug or stopper 28. By removing the stopper the receptacle can be easily emptied. y M A removable cover 29 is carried by the upper open portion of the receptacle for the purpose o1. preventing the splashing of t the liquid therein while the device is in operation. m WVhat is claimed 1s:

1. An egg cleaning machine including a receptacle, an egg supporting means within 30 receptacle, acleaning element within the receptacle, and means for moving the cleaninf element in an orbital path tocontact w th the upper and lower portions of the shells of the eggs.

g rln egg cleaning machine includinga r' 'ce 'ptacle, an egg supportlng means wltlnn tag,receptacle, and an orbitally mov ng cleaning element arranged to contact with upper and lower sides of the eggs suc- 40 cessively and to be submerged attimes.

an egg cleaning machine including a ,receptacle, a resilient egg tray mounted in the receptacle, an orbltally movlng brush DUI for contacting with the upper and lower sides of the shells of the eggs, means for moving the brush orbitally, and means for simultaneously rotating the brush axially.

4. An egg cleaning machine including a receptacle, endless toothed tracks mounted in the receptacle, a traveling brush mounted in the receptacle and having means contacting with the tracks to rotate the brush, and an egg supporting tray mounted within the path of the brush and including resilient.

parallel members having egg gripping waves therein.

5. An egg cleaner including egg supporting means, a cleaning element and means for brush orbitally and means for simultaneously rotating the brush axially.

8. An egg cleaning machine including endless toothed tracks, a traveling brush having means engaging the tracks to rotate the brush when moved along the tracks and an egg support ng tray mounted within the path of movement of the brush and includmg resilient parallel members having egg gripping waves therein.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature in the resence of two witnesses.

ARGARET J. CORCORAN.

l Vitnesses: 7

WM. W. LEE, S. FRANK CORY. 

